Testimonials
I really enjoyed the tele-Interview by Dr. Angela Byars-Winston. It was most interesting and stirred my imagination. My question is – how can that kind of information and thinking get to the counselors in the middle schools, high schools and junior colleges? I sincerely believe that career thoughts start early in life. Our schools’ counselors’ primary responsibility should be academic guidance; discipline and recordkeeping last.
D.B.
Thank you for another knowledge and perspective packed program yesterday with Angela. I just used the genogram with my students this past week; it was enlightening for all of us. I'm a big proponent of social justice and serving the underserved vulnerable populations; anytime there is thoughtful insight to help counselors better provide services for them is added enlightenment for me.
J.T.
Angela Byars-Winston was amazing; her work has deep impact on the career development. She was one of your best tele-interviews!
A.M.
Angela Byars-Winston
August 27, 10 am Pacific, 11 am Mountain, Noon Central, 1 pm EST, 7 pm Zurich and Istanbul
Culture and Career Development: What Difference Does Difference Make?
What effects does culture have on career development? How do cultural factors like gender and ethnicity influence perceptions of career opportunities and barriers? Can these cultural factors help explain occupational disparities for underrepresented groups in the world of work, especially in the sciences and engineering? Dr. Byars-Winston will discuss research findings on the difference “difference” makes in career development and choice. Dr. Angela Byars-Winston earned a doctorate in counseling psychology specializing in career development. She is an Associate Scientist in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Women’s Health Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Angela Byars-Winston, Ph.D.
Scholar, Institute for Clinical & Translational Research
UW Center for Women's Health Research
School of Medicine and Public Health
University of Wisconsin
Culture and Career Development Powerpoint
Questions to Think About:
- What is the association between perceptions of the structure of vocational opportunity and career choice behavior?
- Think of one salient social-cultural position in your life (e.g., gender, socioeconomic status or class, race and/or ethnicity, ability status, sexual orientation). How has your positionality affected your career development? How is your positionality affecting how you hear and respond to this presentation?
- How often do you think of career development from a perspective outside of your own?
- Students of color often describe feeling targeted as the “problem” that needs to be “fixed” in STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) retention interventions. How might this concern be addressed?
- What do you think might be the best direction or issue to target for improving retention in STEM?
Exercise: Career Genogram
From: Sears, B., J. & Gordon, V. N. (2002). Building your career: A guide to your future (3rd ed.). Prentice-Hall: Upper Saddle River.
Instructions:
Consider the models that have influenced your occupational perceptions and the perceptions you have of yourself as a worker. Specify or write down the work (paid or unpaid) done by:
• your sibling(s) or immediate family members of the same generation (e.g., cousins)
• your parents, stepparents, or guardians and their siblings
• maternal grandparent(s) and paternal grandparent(s)
- Do any patterns of work or specific occupations show up repeatedly (e.g., civil service, small-business owners, military occupations)? If so, which ones?
- Do any general career fields show up repeatedly (e.g., business, education, medicine)? If so, which ones?
- What levels of socioeconomic status are apparent or reflected in your career genogram (e.g., blue collar, white collar, professional)?
- What were the work values in your family (e.g., independence, security, high salaries)?
- Did both of your parents work outside of the home? ____ Yes ____ No. If they both worked outside of the home, how did that influence you? If only one worked outside of the home, how did that influence you?
- Do any family members have unfulfilled dreams they are trying to live vicariously through you? If so, who and how?
Bio
Dr. Angela Byars-Winston earned a doctorate in counseling psychology from Arizona State University. Her research interests include the examination of cultural influences on career development, especially for racial/ethnic minorities and women, using social cognitive career theory. Dr. Byars-Winston’s recent work has focused on the career development experiences of underrepresented groups in the sciences, engineering, and medicine. Her research in this area has been funded by grants from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the National Institutes of Health to promote retention of racial/ethnic minority undergraduates and doctoral students and to advance the careers of women early career professionals in clinical research.
Her publications have appeared in various journals including the Career Development Quarterly, Journal of Vocational Behavior, and Medical Education and in several edited volumes such as the Handbook of Multicultural Counseling (2nd Edition) and Counseling Diverse Populations (3rd edition). She is an ad-hoc member of several editorial boards and has served the American Psychological Association through various roles in the Society for Counseling Psychology. Dr. Byars-Winston is past Co-Chair of the Professional Standards Committee for the National Career Development Association.
Dr. Byars-Winston regularly consults with and trains faculty, staff, and corporate executives on advancing diversity and multiculturalism in academia and the workplace particularly in STEM, including Marquette University, University of Virginia, MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston TX, and the Boeing Company. She is a regular presenter at national conferences including the annual Understanding Interventions conference sponsored by the National Institutes of Health and the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a featured speaker at the upcoming 2010 annual Career Conference in Madison, WI talking on the topic of developing 21st century transferable skills.
Read these articles...
Byars-Winston, A. & Fouad, N. (2006). Metacognitions and multicultural competence: Expanding the Culturally Appropriate Career Counseling Model. Career Development Quarterly, 54, 187-201.
Topic: Multicultural competence for career counseling practice
Voc_Black_Identity_Jrnl CareerDev.pdf
Byars-Winston, A. (in press). The vocational significance of Black identity: Cultural Formulation Approach to Career Assessment and Career Counseling. Journal of Career Development.
Topic: Conceptual overview of Angela Byars-Winston's work
Fouad, N. & Byars-Winston, A. (2005). Cultural context of career choice: Meta analysis of race differences. Career Development Quarterly, 53, 223-233.
Topic: Research on racial differences in perceptions of work
Introduction
This is Dr. Sally Gelardin with Careerwell Tele-Interviews. Our guest speaker today is Dr. Angela Byars-Winston. Dr. Byars-Winston is an Associate Scientist in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Center for Women’s Health Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Today she will talk about cultural influences on career development, especially for racial/ethnic minorities and women. I highly recommend that listeners read the articles posted on Angela's Careerwell Web Page and try her genogram exercise. I also posted her powerpoint that listeners are welcome to follow during the presentation. You can find it by going to careerwell.org and clicking on Angela Byars-Winston in the left menu, then downloading the powerpoint. If you have questions, click on 5* and fill out the evaluation after the interview, especially if you want continuing education units. Welcome Angela...
Interview Questions
- What effects does culture have on career development?
- How do cultural factors like gender and ethnicity influence perceptions of career opportunities and barriers?
- Can these cultural factors help explain occupational disparities for underrepresented groups in the world of work, especially in the sciences and engineering?
- You gave listeners an exercise based on a career genogram discussed by Susan Sears and Virginia Gordon from Ohio State University in their book, Building Your Career. Why do you especially like this exercise (makes us think of our own career)? How do family influence affect assumptions on work and life?
- Listners - What observations did you notice when ? (a couple report)
- What do you do as a career professional to keep yourself aware of issues of your client?
- Would you discuss your own responses to the questions you posed for listeners?
- Do any patterns of work or specific occupations show up repeatedly (e.g., civil service, small-business owners, military occupations)? If so, which ones?
- Do any general career fields show up repeatedly (e.g., business, education, medicine)? If so, which ones?
- What levels of socioeconomic status are apparent or reflected in your career genogram (e.g., blue collar, white collar, professional)?
- What were the work values in your family (e.g., independence, security, high salaries)?
- Did both of your parents work outside of the home? ____ Yes ____ No. If they both worked outside of the home, how did that influence you? If only one worked outside of the home, how did that influence you?
- Do any family members have unfulfilled dreams they are trying to live vicariously through you? If so, who and how?
Summary: What difference does “difference” makes in career development and choice?
Closing
Thank you Angela and thank you listeners for participating in the Careerwell Tele-Interviews. Here's what's coming up: On September 10, Jim Bright, a world leader in cutting edge career theory, and this past summer's NCDA conference keynote speaker, will call in from Australia to talk about Shiftwork: The Work You Have To Do in a Constantly Shifting Environment. He is the co-creator of the "Chaos Theory of Careers." On September 24 Jennifer Kahnweiler will talk abou The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength, which is the title of her new book. If introvert Bill Gates can make it, so can the rest of those of us who are introverted to some extent. To register, go to careerwell.org.